Karl L. Stenger (German),
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1984
Like Ludwig van Beethoven, Dr. Karl Ludwig
Stenger was born in Bonn, Germany. He attended the University of Bonn studying
English and German literature and he passed the State Examination (M.A.
equivalent) in 1977. Dr. Stenger earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in German from
Ohio State University (1979 and 1984). Before joining USCA Dr. Stenger taught
at Ohio Wesleyan University, SUNY Potsdam, and the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
Dr. Stenger has taught German courses at
USCA since 1986 and he served as chair of the Department of Foreign Languages
& Literatures from 1993 until 1999. He was coordinator of second language
placement from 1990 until 2003 and he resumed that position in the fall
of 2005, placing incoming students in second language courses based on
their high school experiences. Dr. Stenger served as Director of the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies
Degree Program from 2002 until 2006, a program that allows students to develop their own curriculum
based on their individual needs.
Dr. Stenger's interests range from 19th and 20th century German literature to German film. He published a book on the 19th century novelist Friedrich Theodor Vischer. He is also interested in contemporary English literature and has published essays on detective fiction, African-American authors, and Chicano writers.
